In A Gentleman of Color; Julie Winch provides a vividly written; full-length biography of James Forten; one of the most remarkable men in 19th-century America. Forten was born in 1766 into a free black family. As a teenager he served in the Revolution and was captured by the British. Rejecting an attractive offer to change sides; he insisted he was a loyal American. By 1810 he was the leading sailmaker in Philadelphia; where he became well known as an innovative craftsman; a successful manager of black and white employees; and a shrewd businessman. He emerged as a leader in Philadelphia's black community and was active in a wide range of reform activities. He was especially prominent in national and international antislavery movements; served as vice-president of the American Anti-Slavery Society; and became close friends with William Lloyd Garrison; to whom he lent money to start up the Liberator. Forten was also the founder of a remarkable dynasty. His children and his son-in-law were all active abolitionists and a granddaughter; Charlotte Forten; published a famous diary of her experiences teaching ex-slaves in South Carolina's Sea Islands during the Civil War. When James Forten died in 1842; five thousand mourners; black and white; turned out to honor a man who had earned the respect of society across the racial divide. This is the first serious biography of Forten; who stands beside Harriet Tubman; Frederick Douglass; Booker T. Washington; and Martin Luther King; Jr. in the pantheon of African-Americans who fundamentally shaped American history.
#45582 in Books Oswald Spengler 1991-02-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 5.30 x 1.10 x 8.00l; 1.23 #File Name: 0195066340492 pagesThe Decline of the West
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